Local Emergency Management Committee (LEMC)

Appendices The appendices discuss the membership of the local emergency management committee (LEMC), the sources of funding for the planning and mitigation activities, and the community involvement.
Appendix 1: LEMC Members
In my area, the hazards consist of fire, flooding, tornado, and others. The most recurrent are fire and flooding. The LEMC members are compiled in the following chart.

Organizations/Individuals
Justification/Reasons of Being Appointed Jurisdiction Level/Local, Regional, State or Federal
Local Government Official For decision making and making available needed resources Local
Emergency Manager For professional and technical knowledge concerning emergency planning and mitigation Local
Fire department member For fire, safety,

Appendix 2: Funding Sources The Federal Government provides guidelines for funding planning and hazard mitigation activities. It also sets up the mechanism that technical assistance is given to local communities by the State or the Federal Institutions. Among grant funding programs, three sources are the following:
Pre-Disaster Mitigation program (PDM). It is a federal fund that provides resources for local communities, which participate in hazard mitigation planning and projects in collaboration with other communities, and adopt the plan. The plans must meet the sate and the federal requirements before to be funded. The Federal Government allocates up to 75% of the grant and the local or state government 25% according to FEMA

Appendix 3: Community Involvement
It is important to get the community involved in all processes of emergency planning actions. Getting inputs from the community to the plan is helpful in meeting the real needs of the community. Communication issues, risk perception, and communication tools are addressed in this appendix.
In my community, non native English speakers account for overly 26% of the population according to state officials. Among them are Spanish speakers and many immigrants from all parts of the world who have limited access to English language. Another issue concerns disable individuals who are deaf, blind, or mentally ill, and who can be affected by disasters. These individuals and English non-speakers have special communication needs that must be addressed for getting them fully involved in the Emergency processes.
The community is diverse, and the risk perception depends on the characteristics of each group in the community. Each group’s culture is a key element in population concentration, ritual, and risk perception. For some groups, the hazard threat to the community is seen as a divine punishment, and thus, can be mitigated through religious practices. In the other hand, other groups perceive hazards as real threats that need to be mitigated by proper